Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-03-11
SACRkMENTkL DAY.
A Great Ingathering Of Repentant
Ones Seeking Salvation in the
Fold Of the Living God.
The Tender Memories Brought Back by
the Sacramento Bays of Old
Bring Ali Together Again.
The Church triumphant and tho Church
Militant United Around the Table
whore the REASONED Sit.
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whore the REASONED Sit.
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BROOKLYN, n. Y, March G.-This is
Sacramento Day in the BROOKLYN tsber-
nacle, aud the sermon is preached al the
reception Of 347 new members, making
$50 received during the present revival,
so that the commitment membership
now is 405l. The Rev. T. Dewitt Tai
mage, D. D, the pastor, gave the right
hsnd Of fellowship TO the new members,
and baptized about ninety. The audience
sang
Blest be the tie that binds
Oar hearts in Christian love.
There was q great arch OF flowers over
/ TIE pulpit containing the words: 81 be
! Iieve in the cummuuiOn OF saints" Dr.
| Talmage took two texts, I. Chronicles,
xxi, ): "And four thousand praised
! the Lord" and Exodus, xii, IA "This
! day shall be unto you for memorial"
! He said:
When week before last the communi-
cant membership of this church passed
| into the 1000, now reaching 405l, the first
part of my text came to my mind, and
bethought myself what
| A GRAND THING
| IL the 1000 Of our communicate member
ship would, Ike the 1000 of the ancient
temple, make it their lifetime business to
praise the Lord. Let them all take harp
ana timbrel and anthem and doxoIogy!
The ailusi0n of my second text is to
the Passover, which cOmmemOrated the
Geliverance of the children of Israel on
=, i
through tie IaDd of Egypt, destroying
the enemy but saving the Israelites be-
cause on the dOOT-pOsts Of their dwellings
was sprinkled the blood Of a lamb. To-
day we come to celebrate a grander pass
over, al peril going away from our soul
st the sight of the spri0kled blood of the
Lamb of God On the doOr-posts Of our
hearts. Christ, our Passover, sacrificed
for US. t'This dOy shall be unto you for
a memorial"
The Sacramento Sabbath, whether it
comes in an American church or an Eug-
Iish chapel or Scotch kirk, is more in
pressive than any Cthlr Sabbath. Ita
light is boiler, Calmer, SweeCer; il.
voices more tender; its touch is softer; its
memories ere more Chastened. The fruits
CT the Christian life suddenly ripeH, Ike
VI N-tLSi ~ C-- tlLC III 1-Utttt.i, LLC SiI-I
The wine OF the Holy Sacrament seems
pressed from the grapes Of celestial vine
yerGs, ard the bread broken seems to
drop from the hand of Him who pgreai
the lOaves for the 5000. We walk 70
the church Of God with more thoughtful
face and with quieter step. The
JUBLANT SONGS
of other sundays are struck through with
No q oil vry5+
tears, and when, at the close Of the ser
vice, at the door we shake hands, 1t is
with a more cordial grasp, because we
feel thrilling through our body, and
mind, and soul the great doctrines
of Christian brotherhood; and our
minds go back to our fOrefathers cele-
brating the sacrament in times OF perse-
cution in Scotland among the Highlands;
commem0rating the dying love OF Christ,
while they were pursued of their enc
mics, pouring the wine into rough
wooden cups, dipping the waters of bap-
tism from the mountain rock, until one
day they heard the voices OF their enc
mics coming I'D the hill, and the pastor
cried out: "Oh Lord, the Shepherd, have
mercy on the sheep" and Instantly there
was roaring heard as Of great floods
and sure enough cloud had burst and
there were great torrents running down
the mountain side that Whelmed their
foes with sudden wrath. What q Geliv-
erance il was for them or that sacrament
al day! on! that on this Sacramento
Day the cloud Of Gods mercy might
burst and our sins be whelmad and our
souls be saved, This is the amethyst Of
days. This is the pearl Of days. This IS
the diamond II days. This Is the day OF
days. Among the ten thousand million
ages Of eternity the first Sabbath of
March, 1857, Will be to you significant
and memorable, for "this day shall be
unto you" forever and forever "a memo
rial"
There Is much in the scene Of to-day
to impress Us because it is s time Of rein
forcement. l used to remark that if |
ever lived to see our membership TeeCh
1000 I thought l would be will
ing to say with one Of old: Now,
Lord, lettest thou thy servant depart in
peace, for mine eyes have seen thy saliva
ton" But have changed my mad,
and Insyer so much wanted to stay rs
now, so as to see them all enlisted for
God and to watch their victories. What
might they not accomplish in the way Of
making
THE WORLD LETTER
if they were all baptized with g double
portion of the Holy Ghost, Four thou
sand! That is four full regiments, as
military men count 1000 to q regiment. l
think not one hYpocrite amongst them.
Taken into the church sometimes in large
numbers, but each one as carefully ex-
amined as to change of heart, and evil
dence of regeneration, as though he or
she were tie only one presenting himself
or herself. Many Of our former members
have passed away into the skies, and have
joined the church triumphant, but we
have 1000 and more left for the church
militant. To arms, Quit you like men.
We want no reserve corps among them
Go into action all of you. Some will be
officers and command. Some will make
cavalry charges. Some will be sharp
shooters. Some will stand guard. Some
will be on picket duty. Many of you will
belong to the rank and file Let there be
no stragglers, none of on furlough, not
one deserter. With Christ for com mand-
er-in-chief, and the one-starred, blood